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HANNAH G'. BILLARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASS-IGNOR TO THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

DRESSMAKERS PATTERN l OUTFIT.

specification of Letters ratent.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919..

Application inea January 2a, 191e. t serial' no. 75,128.

To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, HANNAH G. MILLARD, a citizen of the United States, residin at New York, in thecounty and State of ew York, have invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Dressmakers Pattern Outfits, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

As is well known, users of paper pat# terns for womens dresses frequently experience great diIiculty not only in identifying the several pieces of the pattern, but also still greater difliculty in properly tting together the pieces of the dress-goods So great isfthis trouble, especially in the case of complicated patterns, that users are oftenI put to the inconvenience and annoyance of being compelled to send the pattern to the maker thereof to have the parts pinned together in the proper arrangement. This has also been a source of expense to the makers, and in some cases they have been-obliged to maintain` departments for conducting corre-4 spondence of this character and for personally instructing users of the patterns.

Various attempts have been made in the past to obviate the difculty mentioned. For instance, it has been common practice to give on the envelop or package containing the pattern a picture of the completed garment, with numbers or other identifying marks applied to such parts as are shown in the picture. This scheme has been found to` be of little or no value when the pattern is complicated and composed of numerous method of constructing the garment cannot pieces; and even in the case of comparatively simple garments, many women who have no, or but slight, experience in dress-making find small aid in the plan `referred to. It has also been proposed to give a development of the pattern on a lat. surface. A little re-v iection will make it clear that 'the correct be given by this method.

I have accordingly. been led to d evise my present invention, which has for its obJect to provide an improved pattern outfit, compri-sing a paper pattern composediof a plurality of pieces or parts according to which the cloth or other material for the garment is to be cut, and an instruction chart or sheet, illustrating and explainingthe use of the 'patter-npieces in-s'uch manner that the 55,' tyrocan scarcely go astray but can begin the putting together of the garment-pieces at the proper point and from there continue in the proper sequence of steps to the completlon of the work in the easiest and quickest way. To this and other ends the invention consists in the novel features hereinafter described.

In carrying out my invention in the preferred manner I provide the pattern-piecesh with identifying marks or characters, such as numerals formed by perforations in the paper, in the order or sequence in which the pieces are to -be used in putting the garment together. Thus the piece to be used first is marked 1, the second 2, and so on. On the instruction sheet or chart (or on the envelop if the same is large enough for the purpose) I print a series of views illustrating in perspective the pattern or garment as it appears at successive stages of the work; and wherever it seems necessary or desirable, I apply to the figure words of instruction or explanation to aid the user in un# derstanding the procedure. As stated above, the parts composing the pattern are marked, usually with numbers and preferably in the sequence of their use, and in the views on the instruction sheet the parts are marked correspondingly, so-that the pieces can be readily identified. I also employ the usual explanatory marks in or on the pattern pieces, such as perforations and notches, to indicate the various meeting-edges, etc., and these marks appear also on the corresponding parts of the pattern orgarment illustrated on the instruction sheet. The sheet may also contain figures illustrating nishing features of the work, as for example, making belts, making French tacks, mak- 111g` tailors tacks, etc.

he embodiment thus brieliyl outlined is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,- 111 which Figure A shows the several pieces composing a paper pattern, with numbers, dots (perforations), notches, and words of explanation: Fig. B shows one side of the instruction chart and Fig. C the other side. The views on the chart, designatedFig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, etc., represent, some in perspective, some in plan, and" some partly in plan and partly in perspective, the appearance of the garment at various stages of its construction. Preferably the sequence of the views runs substantially from left to right, especially if they are not designated by letters or. numerals indicating the sequence. The parts shown iii `the views are marked with the numbers or characters used in the pattern, to identify them with the corresponding pattern-pieces characters (forexample -the numerals 1, 2, 3, etc.,) are'such as will indicate clearly the order in which the parts are p11-t together, on their relative positions in the garment. For instance, piece l oes next to piece 2, piece 3 next to 4, etc. lil', is to be understood, of course, that the user will study the chart before she begins to put the garment-pieces together.

In the case of the particular pattern or garment illustrated (a skirt), it is seen at once from Fig. 1, illustrating the left-hand half of the foundation skirt, that the first step is to assemble, in the manner shown in the figure, the two-garment pieces corresponding to pattern-pieces 1 and 2; the nu- I nerals 1 and 2, in the ligure, representing perforations in the pattern pieces. The figure also shows, as will be o'bserved, needleand-thread at the points where the ieces are to be basted and afterward sewe At the right side of the figure are the words Center front, to indicate that in the nished garment the adjacent edge is at the center of the front. At the top are the words Leave center back seam ophen above V V for placket, and on the left edge, at

the point indicated by the dotted arrowv leadingfrom the words quoted, are seen the two notches above which the dressmaker is to leave open the seam with which She joins thenext piece to piece 2. At the bottom the words-Basting seam and dart in foundation skirt with V and C (dots) matched indicate that in basting the two pieces together the meetin -edges thereof are to be so arranged that e Vs (notches cut in the cloth atthe points where the pattern-pieces are notched) in one edge are to matchor register with those in the other, and that in the dart at the top of the skirt the seam is to be `made on the lineof the dots, the latter being made on the oods by means of 'tailors tacks or by chalking through the perforations -in' the patterniece. p As indicated by Figs. 2 andl 3, the next steps are `makin the belt and sewing it to the top of the skirt; the construction of they belt bein shown in Fig.l 2, while Fig. 3 gives a si (fronrthe left) with the belt in place. Next,

pieces Nos. 3 and 4 are selected and treated' as explained in the marginal instructions in Fig. 4, which shows the two ieces as they appear when ready to be assem led, and also illustrates the method of laying in the plaits and putting in the athers. In Fig. 5, pieces 3, 4, 5 and 6 are s own, as assembled, with and by preference these e View of the skirt in perspective `what is to be done to the three pieces to make them ready for joining to the coinplete foundati'on skirt, composed of two halves of which the left-hand half is shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The next steps are illustrated in Figs. G, 7, 8 and 9, which clearl show the positions of the pieces already reilerred to, and others, and explain how their edges are to be matched, etc. Fig. 10 shows how to make' the French tacks called for by Figs. 7 and 9, and Fig. 11 how to finish the placket.

The pattern treated in the foregoing is one that in the trade would be, and is, considered fairly complicated, and the proper construction and.' draping of the outer or drapery skirt are things that many, probably most, amateur dressmakers would nd exceedingly diiiicult. But with the instruction sheet containing the figures described, the operation is so clearly explained that it can be thoroughly-understood in all its details. This is evidenced by the fact that in connection with this pattern outiit (of which large numbers have been sold) notably few complaints or requests for explanation have been received, in comparison with the number received in connection with other, and even less difiicult, patterns with which instruction sheets of this character were not furnished.

It is to be understood that` the invention is not limited tothe specificr embodiment herein illustrated and described, but can be embodied in other forms without departure from its spirit. For example, it will not usually be necessary to number the figures on the chart, as in most cases the numerals, as l, 2, 3, etc., or letters, as A, B, C, D, etc., on the pieces or parts shown, WilLbe'suicient to lindicate clearly the order in .which the parts are to be put together. Moreover in many cases it will not be necessary to LVillustrate so many stages of the work as are y usually bears a number identifying it with the pattern for which it is designed. It may also bearan appropriate heading, such as Illustrated instructions for making pattern No. and may have general instructions such as are common on,A instruction sheets, as for example the legends design'ated by a, 6,1011 Figs. B and C, respectively. y l

What I 'claim is: l. An instruction sheet or chart for users of dressmakers paper patterns, comprising a sheet or cha-rt having a series of vlews or figures exhlbltlng a serles of successive stages in the making of the garment; said' views or gures showing also the appearance of the indivldual parts or pieces as they are successively assembled and their relations to each other at the several stages and illustrating the operations by which the stages represented are reached in making the garmen r 2. An instruction sheet or chart for users of dressmakers paper patterns, the sheet or -chart having a plurahty of views or fig# lires illustrating in proper sequence the operations to be performed in making the garment, the vlews or figures showing different 4stages of the work as the same pro esses and exhibiting the arranging toget er of the parts in the relations which they are to have to each other in the finished garment.

3. A dressmakers pattern outfit, oompris- HANNAH G. MILLARD. 

